The Alliance: New York State Alliance for Arts Education

12/06/2025

NYSSMA Official (General Site) All-State Chaperones know the importance of Arts Education for ALL Students!

Support our efforts to get NYS Senate Bill NYS Assembly Bill

Make a difference: https://nafmeorg.quorum.us/campaign/118487/





National Association for Music Education New York State Art Teachers Association New York State Dance Education Association NYS Media Arts Teachers Association - MATA Governor Kathy Hochul Official New York State Theatre Education Association Community

12/06/2025

National Association for Music Education Eastern Division President and The Alliance: New York State Alliance for Arts Education (NYSAAE) Treasurer Michael Brownell, NYSAAE State President Lori Orestano-James ( Lori James ), and NAfME National President Dr. Cecil Adderley met with participants at our NYSAAE Booth at the NYSSMA Winter Conference to discuss the important of Arts Education for ALL and the advocacy work being done on moving the passage of NY Senate Bill and NY Assembly Bill .

You can make a difference! Show your support and doing your part: https://nafmeorg.quorum.us/campaign/118487/





New York State Council on the Arts New York State Art Teachers Association NYS Media Arts Teachers Association - MATA NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Governor Kathy Hochul New York State Dance Education Association Official New York State Theatre Education Association Community

12/06/2025

National Association for Music Education Immediate Past Eastern Division President Michael Brownell and NAfME President Dr. Cecil Adderley Support Music and Arts Education for ALL in New York State at the NYSSMA Official (General Site) 2025 Winter Conference in Rochester, New York!

Thanks for visiting The Alliance: New York State Alliance for Arts Education booth to show your support for





https://nafmeorg.quorum.us/campaign/118487/

NYS Media Arts Teachers Association - MATA New York State Education Department NYC Arts in Education Roundtable New York State Council on the Arts New York State Dance Education Association Official New York State Theatre Education Association Community New York State Art Teachers Association Governor Kathy Hochul

12/05/2025

The Alliance: New York State Alliance for Arts Education is proud to have National Association for Music Education Eastern Division Immediate Past President and NYSAAE Treasurer Michael Brownell and NYSAAE State President Lori Orestano-James ( Lori James) representing at the NYSSMA Official (General Site) 2025 Winter Conference and All State Concerts in Rochester, NY.

Advocating always...please support NY Senate Bill , and NY Assembly Bill

Want to make a difference? Support Music and Arts Education in NY State today!

https://nafmeorg.quorum.us/campaign/118487/

Visit our Booth #116 at the Conference. Take a picture with a sign and hashtag

New York State Council of Educational Associations New York State Education Department New York State Art Teachers Association Official New York State Theatre Education Association Community NYS Media Arts Teachers Association - MATA NYC Arts in Education Roundtable

11/20/2025

We are partnering with NYSSMA Official (General Site) to present 3 opportunities to help you with your Advocacy needs during the NYSSMA 89th Annual Winter Conference. Come meet with us during "Advocacy Office Hours," Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 7pm, Friday, December 5, 2025 at 1:15pm, and Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 2:30pm.

On hand will be Advocacy experts Lori Orestano-James ( Lori James ) - The Alliance: New York State Alliance for Arts Education State President, New York State Council of Educational Associations State President, National Association for Music Education Advocacy Leadership Force Member, and Former NYSSMA Advocacy Chair; Michael Brownell, Immediate Past NAfME Eastern Division President, Past NYSSMA State President and NYSAAE Treasurer; and Michael Mastrangelo, NYSSMA GRC Chair.

Come discuss your individual and collective concerns and learn best practices in how to find success.

Also, please visit our booth #116 in the Convention Center to learn more on how to advocate for current legislative bills specific to Arts Education and to learn more about us.

09/15/2025

Albert Einstein said, “After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well.”

Research proves that arts education helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills,
increase imagination and creativity, foster discipline, provide alternative ways to communicate and express ideas, improve understanding of other cultures, support academic success across the curriculum, increase personal growth outside the classroom, and gain a positive outlook about school, which reduces dropout rates.

In 2010, Congress passed House Resolution 275. This bill designated the week beginning the second Sunday in September as National Arts In Education Week.

To all those who support Arts Education and those educators who teach it so well, we thank you for recognizing the value of the Arts in the lives of our future. New York State Council of Educational Associations National Association for Music Education NYSUT - A Union of Professionals New York State Education Department New York State Art Teachers Association New Yorkers for Culture & Arts New York State Council on the Arts New York State School Boards Association NYC Arts in Education Roundtable NYS Media Arts Teachers Association - MATA NYSBDA - New York State Band Directors Association NYSSMA Communications NYSSMA Official (General Site) New York State Dance Education Association New York State PTA Americans for the Arts New York State Theatre Educators Association

09/09/2025

Hey! You!

You’re directing shows and didn’t study theatre?

You’re a theatre teacher who is alone in your district?

You’re a well supported theatre teacher who just wants to connect with your state organization?

COME TO LIVERPOOL ON SEPTEMBER 27!!!

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07/23/2025

Call to action! Act today!

This is a critical time to share how federal funding is vital to ensuring students have access to a quality education. We hope that you will contact your Representative and Senators and ask them to reach out to the Department and OMB and urge the immediate release of these funds. This campaign includes a template message for your letter to Congress, but we encourage you to personalize your message and share why YOU support these programs. https://www.edfundsnow.org/

06/07/2025

Thank you NYS Senator Rachel May and staff, NYS Senate Education Committee Chair State Senator Shelley Mayer and staff, for your unwavering support of this important legislation. In addition, thanks to all the NYS Senators for the overall bipartisan support given in the affirmative to pass # .

A special shoutout to the numerous educational organizations supporting this bill and it's progress. A very special thanks you to Jazzmone Sutton, Amanda Newman Karhuse, and Tooshar Swain of National Association for Music Education Association for your guidance and support!

Thank you Marc Greene, Lori James and Michael Brownell for your continued and passionate advocacy on this bill through the many years of getting this placed forward and the understanding of the needs. And, to each of the Board Members of The Alliance: New York State Alliance for Arts Education specificalky Gully Stanford, Lauren Wagner Evan Mack Frankie Dascola and Kim Olsen who were instrumental in making this possible.

Now, onto the Assembly ...and then the Governor.

NYSSMA Communications NYS Media Arts Teachers Association - MATA NYC Arts in Education Roundtable NYSUT - A Union of Professionals New York State Dance Education Association New Yorkers for Culture & Arts New York State School Boards Association Arts NYS Coalition New York State Council on the Arts New York State Education Department New York State Senate New York State Council of Educational Associations New York State Art Teachers Association New York State Summer School of the Arts NYSSMA Communications

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03/26/2025

The Alliance: New York State Alliance for Arts Education State President Lori Orestano-James ( Lori James ) with Assembly Member Paula Elaine Kay (AD 100) in Albany at the Celebrate the Arts in NYS Day Rally sponsored by New York State Senator Jose M. Serrano. Assembly Member Paula Elaine Kay is co-sponsor of NYS Assembly Bill a codification bill which requires instruction in arts and music education to be incorporated into curriculums for all public school students. Thank you Assembly Member Paula Elaine Kay and Senator Jose M. Serrano for your unwavering support of The Arts and Arts Education in New York State.
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